2015 AAUP In the News

"Fortunately, for a century now, American educators have benefited from the work of the AAUP, a national Best Practice Organization for tertiary education in America and leader in advancing values that make America's universities top rank of universities worldwide," writes Stephen Mumme, co-president of the AAUP Colorado Conference.

“The shift we’ve seen in higher education over the last 20 to 30 years has really culminated in this huge shift in who makes up the faculty in higher education” -- something that’s not known to many people otherwise following the fair wage movement, AAUP president Rudy Fichtenbaum said.

"The suffering wages of adjunct professors also came to the forefront when the American Association of University Professors reported that adjuncts are paid, on average, $2,700 per three-credit course, which typically comes to $16,200 per year."

In his op-ed, the AAUP's John Barnshaw writes, "Over the past five years, many faculty have gone above and beyond the call of duty, whether by teaching additional courses, putting more of a focus on retention and achievement, or just mentoring. It is time that we as a society recognize these efforts by calling on state legislatures to restore total state appropriations to prerecession levels."

“Busting the Myths,” the 2015 annual report of the profession, does more than provide salary data on more than 375,000 full-time instructional and research faculty from 1,136 institutions in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. It also puts the data into historic perspective, and breaks down some common-held myths about the profession.

"A.A.U.P.’s full-time faculty salary data are more current and comprehensive than anything available elsewhere, including from the federal government. Inside Higher Ed is the exclusive provider of A.A.U.P.’s current faculty salary survey and full data sets are available here."

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